The Johari Window was invented by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham in the 1950s as a model for mapping personality awareness. By describing yourself from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of overlap and difference can be built up.
You can get your own Johari Window, or contribute to Mama Lisa's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenafriendlygiving loving sentimental trustworthy | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave caring cheerful clever complex confident dependable energetic extroverted happy helpful idealistic independent intelligent kind knowledgeable mature observant powerful proud reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible silly spontaneous sympathetic warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadenervous | Unknownadaptable calm dignified ingenious introverted logical modest organised patient quiet shy tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (3%) accepting (32%) adaptable (0%) bold (22%) brave (6%) calm (0%) caring (48%) cheerful (9%) clever (3%) complex (16%) confident (12%) dependable (25%) dignified (0%) energetic (6%) extroverted (12%) friendly (35%) giving (22%) happy (3%) helpful (16%) idealistic (3%) independent (9%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (16%) introverted (0%) kind (29%) knowledgeable (3%) logical (0%) loving (32%) mature (3%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (3%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (3%) proud (6%) quiet (0%) reflective (9%) relaxed (3%) religious (19%) responsive (3%) searching (9%) self-assertive (9%) self-conscious (3%) sensible (3%) sentimental (16%) shy (0%) silly (9%) spontaneous (9%) sympathetic (6%) tense (0%) trustworthy (32%) warm (22%) wise (6%) witty (9%)
Leah thinks: caring, sentimental, complex, helpful, friendly.
Emily Josefina Cecilia thinks: kind, caring, friendly, giving, warm.
lucy Lou thinks: intelligent, silly, trustworthy, independent, caring.
Shelley thinks: cheerful, sensible, brave, confident, trustworthy, silly.
Sarah Pickrel thinks: friendly, trustworthy, dependable, loving, kind, wise.
abi thinks: warm, self-assertive, independent, accepting, kind, caring.
Jessica thinks: caring, warm, trustworthy, giving, complex, responsive.
re re thinks: dependable, caring, friendly, helpful, extroverted, religious.
Sara Y. thinks: confident, religious, proud, knowledgeable, bold.
Katie thinks: happy, accepting, bold, searching, warm.
Heather Allen thinks: intelligent, loving, observant, religious, spontaneous, energetic.
Reece thinks: sentimental, accepting, searching, silly, complex, religious.
neighbor thinks: caring, accepting, giving, sympathetic, witty, wise.
Katie T thinks: confident, friendly, self-assertive, spontaneous, bold, witty.
lynette thinks: cheerful, accepting, bold, friendly, reflective.
katie thinks: loving, giving, dependable, powerful, warm.
Baby Jen thinks: trustworthy, caring, friendly, spontaneous, kind, bold.
Mystical Misty thinks: bold, proud, loving, kind, caring, accepting.
Greg thinks: helpful, dependable, caring, kind, independent.
Debbie thinks: accepting, caring, giving, intelligent, kind, sympathetic.
Katie thinks: energetic, caring, dependable, religious, trustworthy.
Annie Banannie thinks: giving, reflective, sentimental, caring, complex, helpful.
Emily thinks: caring, friendly, extroverted, warm, relaxed.
SarahMarie thinks: accepting, dependable, trustworthy, loving, mature, confident.
Schrodt thinks: trustworthy, self-conscious, loving, caring, complex.
Your Friend thinks: religious, extroverted, accepting, intelligent, friendly, witty.
Kevin thinks: searching, able, brave, cheerful, friendly, loving.
Greg M thinks: dependable, loving, trustworthy, kind, sentimental.
BW thinks: kind, loving, intelligent, trustworthy, dependable, clever.
Jilly Sue thinks: friendly, loving, self-assertive, helpful, sentimental, extroverted.
Mirsky thinks: accepting, giving, reflective, warm, idealistic, bold.
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